A special issue of the international journal Shakespeare Bulletin, co-edited by Prof Sandra Young (UCT) and Prof David Sterling Brown of Trinity College in the US, has just appeared

We are extremely proud and excited to share that Associate Professor Barbara Boswell, our Head of Department, will be launching her latest book this month. The launch for her latest pub

We are delighted to share that Professor Emeritus Kelwyn Sole will be launching a new book, Skin Rafts. The launch will take place virtually. Date: Wednesday, 4 May 2022 Time: 18h00 About Skin Rafts:

We will be hosting the latest session in our Departmental Research Seminar on Friday April 8th from 14h00-15h30 (AC Jordan 116). Associate Professor Hedley Twidle (UCT) will be giving a paper entitled: &ld

The Department hosted Professor James Corby from the University of Malta on Thursday, 17 March. Professor Corby presented a compelling paper, titled “An Island No Man Is: Insularity Without Subjectivity in Coetzee’s&n

We are delighted to announce the second in-person installment of our research seminar, The Writers' Series. The Department will be hosting Professor Elleke Boehmer (Oxon) on Friday, 18 March from 13h30 to 15h00.

Well done to our Honours student  Alexandra Phillips , for winning the 6th annual Konstanti

The Department of English Literary Studies warmly invites you to join us for the first instalment of the 2022 edition of The Writers’ Seminar. The seminar will take place in person at Hiddingh Hall on Friday, 4 March from 12

Associate Professor Christopher Ouma is a recipient of the College of Fellows Young Research Award for 2021. Ouma is one of four academics who have been recognised for their outstanding scholarly work, that has made significant inde

We are delighted that Associate Professor Rosanne Kennedy, from the Australian National University (ANU), will be presenting at our next Research Seminar Series session, on Thursday, 28 October 2021 at 12h00 (SAST). She will be in convers

Submissions are now open and the essay topic has been posted online. You can access the guidelines for applying, as well as this year’s topic at http://konst

We are delighted to announce that award-winning novelist, Damon Galgut, will be the first writer to join our The Writers' Seminar. Damon Galgut will be joining us on Friday 22nd October

The latest presentation in our ongoing Research Seminar Series, will take place thi

The Department of English Literary Studies is excited to announce the launch of our new monthly seminar series: The Writers’ Seminar.       Alongside our existing departmental research seminar

The Konstantin Sofianos Scholarship provides financial support to exceptional Honours students enrolled in the English Literature Honours programme at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Scholarship applications are open to all students wh

Acclaimed playwright Nadia Davids’ latest play, Hold Still, premieres at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio, for a limited season, from 13 to 30 October 2021, at 7pm and matinees at 2.30pm. Hold Still tells the s

What Remains, a years-long, multiple-output creative collaboration between Professor Jay Pather and Associate Professor Nadia Davids, is a fusion of text, dance and movement that tells a story about the unexpected uncovering of a slav

The Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) invites you to the virtual launch of: Childhood in Contemporary Diasporic African Literature: 

Healing as a Revolutionary Act  Featuring: Mmatshilo Motsei’s webinar, “Conversations with my Womb”  Introduction by Barbara Boswell, video-poetry by various artists, and an optional feminist wine-dow